Hat-fastener.



PATENTED AUG. 28. 1906.

J. M. BOYLE.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1905.

INVENTOH THE .vcmus psrsnspa, WASHINGTON, u. c.

UNITED sTAT-ns PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-FASTENER- Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 4, 1905. Serial No. 285,868.

To all whom it vnay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHANNA M. BOYLE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a fastener to be applied to hats for the purposeof securely holding them in position without the use of detachablefastenings, which are always liable to get out of place and even to belost, the principal objects of the invention being to provide afastening device which will be mounted on the hat at all times and whichcan be readily manipulated to secure the hat firmly in position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specifica tion, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the manner in which the invention isapplied in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the under side of a hat,showing my improved fastener applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view of the fastener, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thefastener removed from the hat.

I preferably employ two fasteners, one upon each side of the hat, eachconsisting of a plate (1, having perforations a, through which it can befastened to the hat by means of thread or any other fastening device.This plate is provided with an upturned guard a along the lower edge,and to this guard is pivoted a comb b. This comb is prov ded with teethI), curving upwardly toward the plate. The guard c constitutes a stopfor preventing the comb from turning beyond a certain point in adownward direction. As above stated, I preferably use two of thesefasteners, one upon each side of the hat, and locate them at a pointslightly at the rear of the center, so that when the hat is ready to beapplied the combs will assume a substan tially horizontal position, sothat they can enter the hair of the wearer. They are then forcedupwardly by the application of pres sure from below. This pressure canconveniently be applied by the thumbs. When the combs are forcedupwardly in this manner about their pivots, the hat is necessarilyforced down onto the head, and it will be readily observed that as thecombs project toward each other any force tending to detach the hat'fromthe head will be counteracted by either one comb or the other and alsoboth combs will tend to apply force to hold the hat on from oppositedirections. In order to remove the hat, it is advisable to slightlyPatented Au 28, 1906.

lift it while simultaneously drawing the combs downward.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A hat-fastener, comprising a plate secured to theinside of a hat at a point near the brim thereof and provided with anupwardlyturned guard along its lower edge, and a comb pivotally mountedon the plate adjacent to said guard, said comb being provided withupwardly and inwardly curved teeth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses;

J OI-IANNA M. BOYLE.

